We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Massachusetts Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
231,185 90.36% $83,357 H-1B
20,337 7.95% $126,710 PERM
2,660 1.04% $96,062 E-3 Australian
1,653 0.65% $26,420 H-2A

As of May 2023, Massachusetts has seen a total of 255,835 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Massachusetts is the H-1B visa with 231,185 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 90.36% of Massachusetts's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 20,337 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.95% of Massachusetts's total visas.

Top Occupations in Massachusetts (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 36,559 $92,583 92.00%
Computer Systems Analysts 18,716 $77,084 91.53%
Computer Programmers 11,044 $67,318 90.18%
Computer Occupations, All Other 10,012 $78,342 91.08%
Software Developers, Systems Software 5,696 $104,536 91.08%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 3,906 $57,714 72.76%
Management Analysts 3,464 $87,001 90.82%
Operations Research Analysts 3,246 $70,309 89.84%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 2,881 $90,300 83.00%
Financial Analysts 2,735 $82,330 88.25%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 51 $27,110 1.37%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 48 $74,644 3.09%
Chemists 45 $82,244 3.84%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 45 $131,955 5.89%
Compliance Officers 43 $79,504 8.01%
Biomedical Engineers 43 $86,034 11.05%
Engineers, All Other 42 $102,348 12.80%
Computer Network Architects 42 $113,788 18.58%
Rehabilitation Counselors 39 $31,607 22.94%
General and Operations Managers 38 $105,476 23.46%
Massachusetts Employees Over Time
Massachusetts has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 11,636 employees were hired. Massachusetts peaked in 2018 with 21,834 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 18,259 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Massachusetts From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 7,319 $170,490 48.21%
China 1,409 $87,704 50.61%
Brazil 493 $50,889 44.58%
Canada 405 $104,004 45.35%
South Korea 154 $64,344 41.40%
United Kingdom 148 $1,302,788 42.29%
Mexico 128 $83,474 43.10%
Turkey 112 $79,258 46.09%
Nepal 102 $80,122 46.36%
France 97 $101,545 44.50%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The Mathworks Inc 4,738 $90,198 94.50%
Wipro Limited 4,682 $77,094 96.84%
Ernst Young Us Llp 3,015 $78,403 98.30%
Infosys Limited 2,961 $74,751 98.70%
Wayfair Llc 2,675 $98,197 90.01%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 2,593 $84,504 95.44%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 2,564 $88,993 96.75%
Avco Consulting Inc 2,465 $68,322 93.58%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 2,136 $74,488 84.96%
Emc Corporation 2,019 $91,057 81.25%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Emc Corporation 618 $98,023 49.68%
Oracle America Inc 342 $98,390 30.29%
Amazoncom Services Llc 297 $94,207 28.13%
Google Llc 219 $100,901 23.65%
Hyannis Air Service Inc 211 $36,722 26.38%
Novartis Institutes For Biomedical Research Inc 182 $73,349 29.45%
The Boston Consulting Group 139 $122,567 27.04%
Baystate Medical Practices Inc 133 $142,489 27.59%
Amadeus North America Inc 127 $97,393 27.43%
National Medical Care An Fmc Company 102 $105,124 26.91%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 61,325 $79,790 91.45%
Computer Systems Design Services 13,939 $88,566 89.85%
Software Publishers 9,719 $93,148 83.24%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 8,542 $61,277 82.44%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 7,463 $65,337 78.93%
Other Computer Related Services 4,693 $80,712 86.17%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 3,697 $91,718 92.94%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 3,344 $76,798 92.94%
Engineering Services 3,146 $81,589 91.72%
Commercial Banking 2,749 $101,996 89.87%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 14 $25,962 3.26%
Apple Orchards 4 $31,626 28.57%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 3 $35,256 75.00%
Mushroom Production 1 $32,573 33.33%
Apiculture 1 $27,560 100.00%
Poultry Processing 1 $32,573 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 1 $24,419 100.00%

Massachusetts Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Massachusetts to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Massachusetts over all years is $83,357. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage